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ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work (ILO/AIDS)
Nine of every ten people living with HIV will get up today and go to work."
Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO
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Youth Employment Forum discusses HIV and AIDS
22 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
On 23-25 May 2012, the ILO Geneva will host a Global Youth Employment Forum to address the challenges young people face in the labour market. The ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work (ILO/AIDS) will organize two market place sessions in the Youth Employment Forum: 1) Youth employment strategies: Listen to 5 million young voices living with HIV, 24 May 2012, 11:35-11:55, circle 5, Espace Gobelins, R2 South, ILO. 2) HIV and AIDS: What do you need to know as a young person? 24 May 2012, 12.05-12.25, circle 5, Espace Gobelins, R2 South, ILO.
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Anti-homophobia campaign takes to the road in South America
16 May 2012,
As the world marks International Day against Homophobia on 17 May, Chilean truckers carry a message of respect for colleagues, irrespective of sexual orientation.
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A Memorandum of Understanding signed between UNAIDS and ITUC
26 April 2012,
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a strategic vision to reach zero employment-related discrimination, zero new HIV infections and zero AIDS-related deaths. Under the new memorandum of understanding UNAIDS and the ITUC will work closely together to eliminate employment-related discrimination, address the socio-economic determinants of vulnerability to HIV infection related to the world of work and increase access to antiretroviral therapy and to social justice.
Key resources
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Recommendation concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010 (No. 200)
17 June 2010The new labour standard is the first human rights instrument to focus on HIV and AIDS in the world of work, and was adopted - by an overwhelming majority - by governments, employers’ and workers’ representatives from ILO member States at the International Labour Conference in June 2010.
